Review of potential environmental impacts of transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybean in Brazil

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-549

  Cerdeira, Antonio L ^a   Gazziero, Dionsio L P ^a   Duke, Stephen O ^b   Matallo, Marcus B ^c   Spadotto, Claudio A ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c Biological Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environment; Glyphosate; GMO; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HERBICIDES; SOILS; WATER;

CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT SOYBEANS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; TRANSGENES ENCODING;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; POACEAE; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE FLOW; GLYCINE; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POACEAE; SOYBEANS;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS APPRESSIPILA; ARACHIS GLABRATA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; COMMELINA; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS; CONYZA; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; CONYZA CANADENSIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA; GLYCINE MAX; IPOMOEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; RICHARDIA BRASILIENSIS; SPERMACOCE LATIFOLIA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 34250314396     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230701391542     Document Type: Review

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